Kim “Fleta” Byung-Seon, of team Flash Lux, is stuck. Stuck on a team that is better suited for southern blues rather than poppy upbeat tunes. Browbeaten and caught in the mud, OGN’s APEX Season 3 loops the same old song for this quintessential “Red Lantern” team. This theme of “Red Lantern” refers to a …
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We all know what happened this past week, and at this point the dust has settled and the average fan’s feelings — although crushed — has rebounded into normal daily life. Although we can wonder all we want about that last draft against Flash Wolves and whether it would have mattered, let’s review what happened …
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Last week, Esports Heaven had the opportunity to talk to Kevin Walker, who is a caster and an analyst, part of the English broadcast crew for the Overwatch Pacific Championship. Better known within the Overwatch community as AVRL, he has experience as commentator in six different esports titles, having been in the casting business since …
From the PC Bangs to the OGN Studios, RunAway — against the odds — triumphantly marched from the relegation tournament and headed towards the Grand Final of APEX Season 2 at Korea University’s prestigious Tiger Dome. While they narrowly missed capturing the first place finish, they now look towards APEX Season 3 as their time …
Nautilus is a very hard and very tough champion, especially in current meta. He is the best teamfight initiator, he is the king of AoE with almost all his skills possessing the ability of crowd control. Starting from Root, Hook, Slow, Stun, and also Knock-up was owned by Nautilus. Although he is currently nerf, Nautilus …
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Nautilus is a very hard and very tough champion, especially in current meta. He is the best teamfight initiator, he is the king of AoE with almost all his skills possessing the ability of crowd control. Starting from Root, Hook, Slow, Stun, and also Knock-up was owned by Nautilus. Although he is currently nerf, Nautilus …
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“Meet the Koreans” is a series of articles dedicated to introducing and popularizing Korean Overwatch and its storylines among Western fans. This entry focuses on Afreeca Freecs Blue’s Recry. In a world in which everyone has at their fingertips access to more information than the largest library can hold physically and computing power that's thousands …
Gigabyte Marines' two-week run at the Mid-Season Invitational can be encompassed by one word: commitment. Their incessant playstyle of skirmishing around the jungle pressure Levi creates gives the team an overall goal and clearly defined win condition. This causes a domino effect where GAM commits to this defined style on all levels — in their …
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Quake is primarily a 1v1, duel-based, game. Dueling games have been dying out, however, as esports has become more streamlined. Games like League of Legends and Overwatch are the new ways to have fun in the current climate. As Quake is a hardcore esports game with a loyal and hardcore fanbase, Bethesda and id Software …
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With Team Envyus and Rogue traveling to fight on the frontlines in Seoul, South Korea, we are left with an open throne — a metaphorical “scabbard” with no figurative “sword”. A sword with no sheath is as potent as a well of ink with no lid. Within this same sense, what good is it to …
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